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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Araceli Marquez (right) enjoys the cool waters of Browns Lake at Fisher Park Tuesday with her niece, Xitali. Temperatures that soared into the 90s this week sent people throughout the area to beaches, pools and air-conditioned buildings. (Photo by Jennifer Eisenbart)
North Cape Lutheran Church, 2644 124th St., Franksville, will hold its rally day Sunday, Sept. 8, at 10:30 a.m. The sanctuary will be filled with balloons and streamers to be made to look like a child’s birthday party. All kids in attendance will be given noisemakers to come running in […]
A pontoon classroom tailored towards Waterford-area business leaders was hosted Aug. 8 by the Waterford Waterway Management District (WWMD) Marketing Committee and the Waterford Chamber of Commerce. The crowd enjoyed an afternoon tour on a pontoon boat, cruising the Fox River water impoundment for more than an hour. This year’s […]
WGSD budget may ask for more tax dollars By Dave Fidlin Correspondent Taxpayers in the Waterford Graded School District might see a 3 percent increase in taxes, based on preliminary data shared earlier this month. Superintendent Chris Joch briefly discussed the process of building the district’s 2013-14 budget at the […]
By Jason Arndt Correspondent Due to a new state law that requires the safeguarding of information about utility bills, the Village of Union Grove might need to spend $1,000 to purchase new equipment in order to come into compliance with the recently passed Wisconsin Act 25. And, unless amendments now […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer While awards are nice, Burlington Minuteman Press owner Jim Little knows he wouldn’t be anywhere without his customers. “Without our customers, we don’t have customer service,” said Little Tuesday after his store won the Minuteman Press regional Customer Service award. Little and the Burlington store […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer With the City of Burlington hiring its first full-time fire chief earlier this year, the budget for the fire department has expanded. So when a requested command vehicle and communications equipment purchase came up before the City Council Tuesday night, at least one council member […]
WW II vets’ names sought for program booklet The Traveling World War II Memorial, transported by the Pillars of Honor, Inc., will be at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove on Sunday, Sept. 8, at 1 p.m. Sponsored by Racine and Kenosha County, the event will include a formal […]
By Patricia Bogumil Editor Taxpayers are welcome to voice their opinions and cast their votes on a proposed 2013-14 budget for Waterford Union High School. The school district’s proposed budget will be presented at an annual meeting being held Tuesday, Aug. 27. It features a 0.92 percent decrease in the […]
By Jennifer Eisenbart Staff Writer In an atmosphere full of rigorous debate and exchanges of opinion, the Burlington Area School District is continuing to offer a pair of special forums. BASD Superintendent Peter Smet will again hold “Saturday Coffee With the Superintendent” on the first Saturday of each month, and […]
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